As of today, just three spots seem to be locked down with George Hill, LeBron James and Kevin Love.

The center position will belong to either Larry Nance Jr. or Tristan Thompson. Nance has averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds as the starting center, but Thompson has a long history of contributing to the Cavs. If Lue wants to go with a more dynamic option, Nance might be the guy.

Thompson is still more of a traditional shot-blocker and has a wealth of experience playing with James and Love in the frontcourt but Nance has looked more spry than Thompson while being able to come up with a number of steals from the center position (1.3 steals per game). He’s been a better finisher than Thompson and has a midrange jumper that helps stretch the floor.

Tyronn Lue hinted that Rodney Hood would start in his return, but Kyle Korver’s play alongside LeBron on Tuesday might make him think a little, after scoring 22 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Lue now has to consider if it should in fact be Korver starting and not Hood.

Once Love returns and becomes the Cavaliers go-to threat behind-the-arc, however, Korver’s role will be diminished.

Playing Hood in place of Korver when Love returns allows Love to remain in a role heavy in catch-and-shoot opportunities and Hood, who likes to operate with the ball in his hands in the pick-and-roll, can be utilized another perimeter playmaker.

Korver also does a fair bit of playmaking when he catches the ball and hits cutters or big men in the lane. However, Hood is a much more comfortable ball-handler and a bigger threat to score off the dribble.

When the dust settles, the starting lineup should feature Hill, Hood, James, Love and Nance Jr. as Korver, Smith, Thompson, Jordan Clarkson and Jeff Green fill out the rest of the regular season rotation.

In the postseason, if Lue cuts his rotation to nine players, I’d expect Green to be the odd man out since James will find himself playing a lot of minutes at power forward once the playoffs start. But that will also depend on matchups.